An estimate is a given value, number or quantity that is near to the true amount.

A metre is a standardised unit of measurement.  We can abbreviate metre to m.

A centimetre is a standardised unit of measurement.  We can abbreviate centimetre to cm.

Estimate in metres and describe a metre in different ways

Maths

In this unit pupils will continue to measure using appropriate tools and units progressing to using a wider range of measures including comparing and using mixed units In the future unit pupil will learn perimeter as the distance around the edge of a 2D shape They will learn perimeter is measured in units of length found by counting units and by calculating by adding the side lengths of a 2D shape

In the prior unit pupils chose, used and compared appropriate standard units to estimate and measure length/height, mass, temperature, capacity to the nearest appropriate unit. In this unit pupils will continue to measure using appropriate tools and units progressing to using a wider range of measures, including comparing and using mixed units.

Measuring length and recording in tables

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Which of these would you use metres to measure the height or length of?

How many centimetres are there in one metre?

I have a piece of ribbon that is 70 cm long.  Is this ribbon shorter or longer than one metre?

How many 10 cm lengths will we get if we cut a 60 cm piece of ribbon up into 10 cm lengths?

A whole length of string has been cut into 3 equal pieces and each of those pieces is 10 cm. What length is the whole piece of string?

Look at the picture.  Which is taller, the elephant or the giraffe?

Look at the picture.  Which is longer, the blue ribbon or the yellow ribbon?

Look at the picture.  Which car has travelled the furthest?

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Estimate in metres and describe a metre in different ways

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.